Opinion No.

Mr. Kenneth H. Ashworth Commissioner Coordinating Board Texas College and University System P.O. Box 12788 Austin, Texas 78711

Re: Nonresident tuition at the Southwest Collegiate Institute for the Deaf

Dear Mr. Ashworth:

You seek clarification of the proper method of determining nonresident tuition at the Southwest Collegiate Institute for the Deaf [hereinafter SCID]. Specifically, you ask whether the method of determining nonresident tuition at the SCID, which is set forth in section 131.005(b) of the Texas Education Code, is exclusive or whether certain provisions under chapter 54 of the code,…